Category: Travel
March 3rd, 2015 — 3:22am
A favourite breakfast dish here in Laos is khao jee pâté. Variations are also popular in Vietnam where it is known as bánh mì and in Cambodia, nom pang. Laotians enthusiastically accepted the baguette when it was introduced during the French colonial period. In Vientiane, baguettes are sold on street corners and in the local markets but
March 3rd, 2015 — 2:48am
Just a quick reminder that my exhibition of photographs of food and food culture in Southeast Asia is still showing at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand in Bangkok. In you are in town any time from now until the 18th of March, drop in for a drink and take a look. There are 18 images
February 16th, 2015 — 10:21am
I’ve just spent the afternoon photographing maeng da edible giant water beetles, a popular ingredient in northeast Thai and Lao food. You can learn more about maeng da on an earlier post here
February 16th, 2015 — 4:27am
A woman cooking up breakfast dishes of pork, soup and sticky rice on three charcoal stoves in a morning market, Luang Prabang, Laos.
January 27th, 2015 — 3:58am
A favourite breakfast accompaniment of mine are pa ton go, Chinese-style doughnuts. They are widely available across Southeast Asia from the Chinese vendors and are often sold with soybean milk. I consider them essential when drinking the rich local coffee, overly sweetened with condensed milk. Tear a pa ton go in half and dip the
January 27th, 2015 — 3:20am
Over the past couple of years one of Vientiane’s most beautiful temples, Vat Si Saket, has been undergoing a steady process of renovation. The roof of the cloisters have been retiled and now some of the inner walls are being painted. The image above is how they have looked for as long as I can
December 26th, 2014 — 1:31am
On December 26, 2004, at the peak of Thailand’s tourist season, Phuket and the western coast of Thailand felt the full and devastating force of a tsunami. Today is a day of remembrance in Thailand, marking the tenth anniversary of the disaster. A multi-faith ceremony will be held at Tor 813 Memorial site at Bang Niang,
December 24th, 2014 — 4:01am
Here’s a quick one for lovers of pho. The Vietnamese dish is also a staple in Laos. My favourite, however, is khao piek sen, a chewier noodle tossed in a tapioca flour which makes the soup a little more glutinous too. With the cool weather we’ve been having lately, it’s the perfect breakfast dish.
December 24th, 2014 — 3:18am
I’ve been paying a few visits to a fish market close to where I live in Bangkok. At night the place sorts and sells sea fish trucked up from southern Thailand but in the day the catch is all river and farmed freshwater fish. There are lots of small mackerel, one the most popular
October 22nd, 2014 — 10:50am
Lotus flowers left as prayer offerings leaning against a wall at Tat Luang, Vientiane.
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